Holiday's in Canada

Holidays

Canada recognizes and celebrates the following national holidays (some provinces may have minor differences):

• New Year's — 1 January
• Family Day — 3rd Monday in February (not observed in all provinces, known as Louis Riel Day in Manitoba, Islander Day in PEI)
• Good Friday — typically sometime during week of April, always on a Friday
• Easter Sunday — typically first Sunday in April
• Canada Day—1 July
• Victoria Day—Last Monday in May before 24 May
• Civic Day — first Monday in August (only applies in some provinces, under different names ie. in Ontario its referred to as Simcoe Day after an early Lieutenant Governor)
• Labour Day — first Monday in September
• Thanksgiving—Second Monday in October (the same day as the U.S. holiday of Columbus Day)
• Remembrance Day —11 November
• Christmas — 25 December
• Boxing day—26 December

Note also that Canada's Labour Day is not celebrated on 1 May, as in much of the world, but on the first Monday in September (the same day as the U.S. celebrates its Labor Day)